7 May those who hope in You not be ashamed because of me, my Lord, Adonai-Tzva’ot. May those who seek You not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.
8 For I have endured scorn for Your sake. Disgrace has covered my face.
9 I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s children.
10 For zeal for Your House consumed me— the insults of those who insulted You have fallen on me.
11 When I wept and fasted— that became a reproach to me.
12 When I put on sackcloth, I became a joke to them.
13 Those who sit at the gate chatter about me, and I am the song of the drunkards.